Have you ever wondered how your premium roast coffee came from? Most likely this coffee came from one of the 25 million farmers that fail to earn a reliable living. These under privileged farmers produce 80% of the worlds coffee. Most of the farmers have no idea that they price their coffee is being sold for and they don't get any benefits or profit . Fair trade is trying to stop the unfair trade.
What is the fair trade agreement?
The national fair trade agreement is a network of communication between producers and consumers to ensure the producers are being treated fairly given a steady income to promote a better life for the farmers and their families.
What is Fair Trade Canada?
Fair Trade Canada is an organisation trying change the fair trade going on in Canada. The process starts with the farmers and their children working unfair hours to maintain their farm and sometimes the kids are put through child labor to work on the farms. Then buyers buy the beans off of the farmers for unfair prices . The beans then get roasted and repacked and sent to the shelves for you to buy. The price of one bag is the wage that the farmer could make in weeks or months. Fair trade Canada is trying to fix the unfair communication and give the farmers and their families much better lives.
+ Pros:
A social movement whose stated main goal is to help producers in developing countries achieve better trading agreements
Promote sustainable farming
Movement members advocate payment of higher prices to exporters
Movement towards a better life for farmers
Long Term, dependable contracts with buyers
Sustainable environmental practices
Offers better trading conditions
Fairtrade minimum prices
Less child labor
-Cons
Fees could possibly go up for consumers because the producers will request more of a profit.
Limits to how much you can achieve
2015 study concluded producer benefits were either 0 or close to that. This is because an oversupply of certification was was given,
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Have you ever wondered how your premium roast coffee came from? Most likely this coffee came from one of the 25 million farmers that fail to earn a reliable living. These under privileged farmers produce 80% of the worlds coffee. Most of the farmers have no idea that they price their coffee is being sold for and they don't get any benefits or profit . Fair trade is trying to stop the unfair trade.
What is the fair trade agreement?
The national fair trade agreement is a network of communication between producers and consumers to ensure the producers are being treated fairly given a steady income to promote a better life for the farmers and their families.
What is Fair Trade Canada?
Fair Trade Canada is an organisation trying change the fair trade going on in Canada. The process starts with the farmers and their children working unfair hours to maintain their farm and sometimes the kids are put through child labor to work on the farms. Then buyers buy the beans off of the farmers for unfair prices . The beans then get roasted and repacked and sent to the shelves for you to buy. The price of one bag is the wage that the farmer could make in weeks or months. Fair trade Canada is trying to fix the unfair communication and give the farmers and their families much better lives.
+ Pros:
- A social movement whose stated main goal is to help producers in developing countries achieve better trading agreements
- Promote sustainable farming
- Movement members advocate payment of higher prices to exporters
- Movement towards a better life for farmers
- Long Term, dependable contracts with buyers
- Sustainable environmental practices
- Offers better trading conditions
- Fairtrade minimum prices
- Less child labor
-Cons